Introduction to DAX Using Power BI

This Live Training will set you up to take advantage of DAX to turbo charge your Power BI solutions. We start with an existing Data Model and then progresses towards building a multitude of common functions to enhance and optimize the model for Self-Service. We will lay the groundwork to get you up and running (in the right direction) with DAX. The target audience and pace of course is geared towards business users who are familiar with Power BI and/or Excel and want to leverage these technologies more to support reporting.

What you'll learn-and how you can apply it

Learn what DAX is and why you would want to use it

Write basic well-formed DAX expressions quickly and efficiently

Move beyond basic DAX by using functions to build powerful expressions that benefit end users and promote maintainability

This training course is for you because...

You are a business power user that wants to build a solid foundation of data for end users to consume

You have learnt Power BI or PowerPivot and you want to further enhance your Data Models to support Self-Service

You are either new to DAX and want to ensure that you are on the correct path

About your instructor

Chris Sorensen, MCSE (Data Management and Analytics) and MCT is the Founder and President of Iteration Insights Ltd. He is a consultant, architect, educator and coach that has been working in the Analytics space for nearly 20 years. Over his career, he has provided strategic and architectural advisory services to many client and most recently he has been involved with leading numerous Power BI and Excel PowerPivot projects. He has evangelized both Excel and Power BI with Microsoft since July 2015. Follow him on both linked in and twitter as @wjdataguy

Schedule

The timeframes are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing